Lemon pistachio muffins are moist muffins packed with big flavour! This easy muffin recipe is one you’ll want to make all summer long. The mild flavour and crunch of pistachios is the perfect compliment to the tangy lemon flavour and the sweet lemony glaze.


Looking for more lemon-flavoured recipes? Make some Lemon Garlic Roasted Asparagus or a pitcher of delicious Healthy Pomegranate Lemonade!
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How to Make Lemon Pistachio Muffins
To make these delicious pistachio muffins, you’ll need:
For the muffins:
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
zest of 2 lemons
1/2 cup roughly chopped raw pistachios
2 eggs
1 cup milk (I often use low fat coconut milk or soy milk in this recipe to make it dairy-free)
2 tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup vegetable oil
For the glaze:
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tbsp + 1 tsp lemon juice
1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios
To make:
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a large bowl and combine them with a wire whisk.
Zest the two lemons over the bowl of the dry ingredients using a citrus zester (this is the one I use. It’s awesome and very inexpensive).

Add the roughly chopped pistachios. It’s okay if there are some large pieces, some small pieces and even some whole pieces.

Whisk these into the dry ingredients.

In a separate bowl combine the eggs, milk, lemon juice and oil and whisk them together with a fork. Dump this into the dry ingredients and combine the wet and the dry ingredients together gently with a rubber spatula. Be careful not to over mix! Stop combining as soon as you see the flour disappear.

Divide the thick batter evenly between 18 muffin cups lined with paper liners.

Bake the lemon pistachio muffins at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 19-22 minutes or until the tops begin to brown just slightly and the muffins spring back when you touch them gently.


While the lemon pistachio muffins are cooling, prepare the glaze by adding the powdered sugar and lemon juice to a small bowl and whisking until smooth.
When the muffins are completely cool, drizzle a small amount of the glaze over each muffin, sprinkle some chopped pistachios over the top, and serve!


Nutritional Information
Each of the lemon pistacho muffins has just 6 Weight Watchers PointsPlus, which is less than half the PointsPlus values you’d consume in a typical coffee shop muffin (and probably double the flavour!)!
I hope you enjoy this lemon pistachio muffins recipe!
Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite summer muffin flavour?

Looking for more easy muffin recipes? Make some Best Ever Blueberry Streusel Muffins or a batch of delicious Peach Cobbler Muffins!
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Lemon Pistachio Muffins
Ingredients
For the muffins:
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large lemons zested
- 1/2 cup roughly chopped raw pistachios
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk I often use low fat coconut milk or soy milk in this recipe to make it dairy-free
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
For the glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 7 tsp lemon juice (2 Tablespoons + 1 teaspoon)
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pistachios
Instructions
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Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Add the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt to a large bowl and combine them with a wire whisk.
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Zest the two lemons over the bowl of the dry ingredients using a lemon zester, then add the roughly chopped pistachios and whisk the mixture into the bowl with the other dry ingredients.
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In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, lemon juice and oil and whisk them together with a fork. Dump this into the dry ingredients and combine the wet and the dry ingredients together gently with a rubber spatula. Be careful not to over mix! Stop combining as soon as you see the flour disappear.
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Divide the thick batter evenly between 18 muffin cups lined with paper liners. Bake the muffins at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 19-22 minutes or until the tops begin to brown just slightly and the muffins spring back when you touch them gently.
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While the lemon pistachio muffins are cooling, prepare the glaze by adding the powdered sugar and lemon juice to a small bowl and whisking until smooth.
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When the muffins are completely cool, drizzle a small amount of the glaze over each muffin, sprinkle some chopped pistachios over the top, and serve!

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Lorelai @ Life With Lorelai says
~PINNED~ This look delicious. A definite must try! Please come share your blog posts over at the Home Matters Linky Party! We'd love to have you for a visit. The Door Opens Tonight 9pm Pacific Time! 🙂
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Chrissie says
Thanks Lorelai!!
Dixya says
yummed! pistachio is one of my all time favorite nut and flavor 🙂
Chrissie says
Thanks! It's one of my favourites too!
Imma adamu says
Chrissie, you are right . Who doesn't love muffins , they are perfect anytime! The lemon and pistachio combination you have going on is quite interesting and would so like to give it a try. ! It would be perfect with coffee.Pinning!
Chrissie says
Thank you! They would be great with coffee 🙂
Allie Taylor says
Oh how delicious Chrissie! I love these gorgeous muffins. I would not be able to stop at one. Love that it makes a dozen and a half!
Chrissie says
Thanks Allie!!
Dawn Yucuis says
I love making muffins too. I love the combination of lemon and pistachio.
Chrissie says
Thanks Dawn! Aren't muffins great?? So easy!
Bridget L says
Ahhh, these look SO good! And simple too! Win-win! Thank you for sharing this recipe. I am looking forward to giving them a try!
Chrissie says
Thanks Bridget!! Hope you enjoy them!
swayampurna mishra says
These look so so good! Love pistachio …
Chrissie says
Thank you!!
Jenn Sebestyen says
Lemons and pistachios…two of my favorite flavors! These look delicious!
Chrissie says
Thanks Jenn!
Erin @ Thanks for Cookin'! says
What a cool flavor combo! I'll have to give these a try.
Chrissie says
Thanks Erin!
Kathryn @ FoodieGirlChicago says
Yum! Pistachio and lemon are two of my favorite flavors.
Chrissie says
Thanks Kathryn! Mine too 🙂
Byron Thomas says
Pistachio and lemon together – awesome! These look absolutely amazing, Chrissie. I want one now! 🙂
Chrissie says
Thanks Byron!! They are really really good 🙂
Paul Storey says
They look great and it sounds like a brilliant flavour combination
Chrissie says
Thanks Paul!!
jane @ littlesugarsnaps says
I love, love, love lemon and pistachio. Pistachio is the best nut – sweet, chewy, versatile. I rarely make muffins but these are tempting me.
Chrissie says
Thanks Jane! These would be a good recipe to try if you don't make muffins often 🙂
Priya Shiva says
My kind of muffins! I would surely like to have these for breakfast or anytime snacking!
Chrissie says
Thanks Priya! They'd be perfect for breakfast 🙂
mistress says
Chrissie, are your cup in US or UK measurement? 1 cup of flour = 120g?
Thanks.
Chrissie says
I use US measurements. I apologize if my British spelling threw you off…I'm Canadian 🙂
erica says
What if you don’t have paper liners ?
Chrissie says
Grease your muffin cups well!